Hydrant



H. RUPPEL.

(No Mdel.)

HYDRANT.

Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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UNTTnn rSTaTns PATENT Trios.

HENRY RUPPEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HYD RANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,452, dated March 3,1885. Application filed October 20, 188.4. (No model.)

T0 all whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY RUPPEL, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hydrants; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hydrants; and` it consists inthe combination of the base, the valve-seat, which is placed therein andwhich is adapted to be removed therefrom with the valve, and which isprovided with passages both for the intlowing and the waste water, theconical hollow valve, a projection secured to its top, a projectionsecured to the top of the valve-seat, and the valve rod, as will be morefully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to so shape the valve that the pressure ofthe water will make it fit tightly against its seat, and thus formaperfectly water-tight joint, and to make the valve and its seatremovable for repairs without having to take up the body of the hydrant.

Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of a hydrantembodying myinvention. Fig. 2is a detached view of the| valve, showingthe waste-water passage in its outer side. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection taken through the valve-seat near its top.

A represents the body of the hydrant, and B its lower portion or base,which is screwed. or otherwise connected thereto, as shown. In this baseB is placed the valve-seat C, which is secured in place by means of ascrew-thread at its upper end. The lower end of this valve seat'has itsedge beveled away, so as to form a tight joint with the part B at E, thepart B having a suitable inwardly-projecting flange or rim, as shown.Through the upper portion of this valve-seat Clare made thewaterpassages G, through which the water passes upward when the valvelis opened, as shown, and through which the wastewater passes downtoward the smallpassage F in the seat and the outlet H in the partB whenthe valve is closed. The valveIis made conical nearly its entire length,and is made hollow up to the top of the two openings J through it. Thisvalve is made conical, as shown, so as to conform to the opening whichis made through the valve-seat C to receive it, and so that the upwardpressure of the water will force the valve tightly against its seat, andthus prevent all leakage. W'hen the valve is turned so that the openingsJ register with the passages G in the valveseat C, the water flowsfreely through, but when the valve is turned so that the openings J andthe passages G no longer register, then the flow of water is stopped,and the waste water in the body A flows downward through the passages FT and out into the waste. Passing through near the upper en d of thisvalve I, or ,secured to it in any suitable way, is a stop pin orprojection, L, which serves to strike against a stud or projection, N,formed upon the upper end of the valve-seat, for the purpose of limitingthe distance the valve shall be turned in its seat. This pin L and studN also serve as a means for unscrewing the seat C when the operatingrodis turned backward with sufficient force, so that the seat can beunscrewed from the base B, and then the valve and its seat lifted upthrough the bodyAfor repairs without the necessity of having to take thebody A out of the ground to -get at them.

Rigidly fastened to the upper end of the body Ais the operating-rod O,which in turn is fastened at its upper end to the operating handle P,which passes down through the cap Q of the body A. The cap Q has asuitable recess in its lower end, and in this recess is placed asuitable packing, It, which is tightened against the handle P by meansof the gland S. The cap LQ, gland S, and packing prevent all leakage ofwater through the top of the body. Vhen the handleR is turned in onedirection, the valve I is simply opened, so as to allow the water to owfreely through; but when the handle is turned in the other direction itserves to close the valve I, and then if the pressure is continued theseat C is unscrewed, as above described. When the valve I is closed, thebody A is leftfull of water, and in order to get rid of rthis water agroove, T, is made in the side of the valve I, as shown in Fig.2, atasuitable distance to one side of one of the passages J. Vhen the valveis closed,

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this groove T is made to connect with the lower end or" one of thewater-passages G, and then the water flows through the passage G, thisgroove "Il, the passage F in the valve-seat, and through the outlet H.When the valve I is turned so that the openingsI register with thepassages G, this groove T is closed by the valve-seat, and when thisgroove connects with the water-passage G the passages J are closed. Thepassages J and this valve T are never open at the same time, and hencethere is no Y waste of water while the valve is open.

By ineans of the construction above described a quick action is given tothe valve, so that the waste water and main supply are never open at thesame time, thus preventing waste of water from the former. There theaction is less positive and slow,these parts unnecessarily communicateone with the other for some time during the opening or closing 2omovements, and hence a loss of water.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- In a hydrant, thecombination of the body ,A, the base B, provided with an outlet, H, the25 Valve-seat C, removably secured in the base,

'and provided with the passages F G, and a will

